When you buy a share of a company you become a shareholder in that company. Shares are also known as Equities. Equities have the potential to increase in value over time. Research studies have proved that the equity returns have outperformed the returns of most other forms of investments in the long term. Investors buy equity shares or equity based mutual funds
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However, this does not mean all equity investments would guarantee similar high returns. Equities are high risk investments. Though higher the risk, higher the potential returns, high risk also indicates that the investor stands to lose some or all his investment amout if prices move unfavourably. One needs to study equity markets and stocks in which investments are being made carefully, before investing.
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- Equities are considered the most rewarding, when compared to other investment options if held over a long duration.
- Research studies have proved that investments in some shares with a longer tenure of investment have yielded far superior returns than any other investment. The average annual retrun of the stock market over the period of last fifteen years, if one takes the Nifty index as the benchmark to compute the returns, has been around 16%.
However, this does not mean all equity investments would guarantee similar high returns. Equities are high risk investments. Though higher the risk, higher the potential returns, high risk also indicates that the investor stands to lose some or all his investment amout if prices move unfavourably. One needs to study equity markets and stocks in which investments are being made carefully, before investing.
